VMworld 2009 Sponsors/Exhibitors:

http://www.vmworld.com/community/conferences/2009/sponsors-exhibitors

VMworld 2009 Content Catalog Open for Viewing:

http://www.vmworld.com/blogs/vmworld/2009/06/26/vmworld-2009-content-catalog

PreOrder Windows 7 for $99 June 26, 2009!!!:

Special pricing for a limited time: Read more:
Buy Windows 7 Professional for $99 tomorrow !!!

Be sure to read the fine print at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy/offers/pre-order.aspx. As you can see from that page, “The offer begins on June 26, 2009 and will continue while supplies last, or until July 11, 2009, whichever comes first.”

ESX 4 Web Access Disabled by default:

Check out this link...very helpful it you use that feature.

http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/06/15/esx-4-0-web-access/

Very Helpful Storage Discussion:

http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2009/06/vmware-io-queues-micro-bursting-and-multipathing.html

If little too deep..just skip to the bottom for the TAKEAWAYS section.

Starwind's Free new V2V Conversion tool:

Starwind, the company with the free ISCSI Windows solution for VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix environments, has also just released a new conversion tool.

The tool allows VHD to VMDK and vise versa conversions, as well as direct conversion to the IMG ISCSI format.

Great vSphere 4 best Practice Guides:

http://vmetc.com/2009/05/24/vsphere-40-best-practices/

• Installing ESX 4.0 and vCenter 4.0 best practices
• Upgrading to ESX 4.0 and vCenter 4.0 best practices
• vCenter Server Installation Worksheet
• Upgrading an ESX 3.x virtual machine to ESX 4.0

Great vSphere information Links:

http://vsphere-land.com/news/vsphere-the-missing-links-every-vsphere-link-you-need-to-get-started.html
http://vsphere-land.com/news/some-must-read-vsphere-kb-articles.html
http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/04/21/vsphere-linkage/
http://vmware.com/products/vsphere/upgrade-center/licensing.html
http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/vsphere

vSphere is again the next revolutionary step in virtualization again led by VMware. Get involved now and learn more!

Windows 7 RC Fix for Running on ESX 3.5:

If your trying to make this available on the current ESX 3.5 update 3 or older you may find the sysprep function will crash (c:\windows\system32\sysprep).

I opened a thread on VMTN and a solution is to stop or disable the "Windows Media player Network Sharing Service".

Set the OS for the virtual machine to Vista for now.